Jerry Lewis Quotes

I'm a tough critic on myself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

I can look at every one of my faults, see they're there, and go out and try to improve on it.

Although I'm very competitive, I'm also very critical of myself.

Everyone has to be their own critic.

I think sometimes it's about just finding the measuring stick that's different than the one the world puts on you. It's finding the one in which you're held accountable and how you hold each other accountable; what a good job looks like in a particular situation and how to be better at your job than you were yesterday.

The preacher's sharpest and strongest preaching should be to himself. His most difficult, delicate, laborious, and thorough work must be with himself.

I'll always be tough on myself.

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

I have to keep testing myself.

I'm pretty hard on myself in general.

I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go.

Each individual has got to look themselves in the mirror and try and see what they can do better. Period. Point blank.

Improving, for me, is quite natural as I'm always critical of myself.

I don't need to go every day and re-evaluate, 'Am I living up to this? Or that or this?'

I'm always my hardest critic.

Living up to people's expectations is one thing but it was even harder to live up to my own expectations.

I think I'm a harder critic on myself than anybody is. I think I judge myself harder than any of the coaches do.

I think how I'm playing, not who I'm playing.

I'll never give myself an A since I ask a lot from myself.

I'm going to be more critical of myself than anyone could ever be.

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.

I take very seriously this notion that my highest job is to live a better life, all the time and to the best of my ability. I need to monitor my own progress - take my own inventory - and clean my own closet. I am trying to do all that.

I have to do things for myself, and if those standards are set high, then it's up to me to pass or fail.